Toy.



R. PAUL.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1913.

1, 1 1 0,400, Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

THE NORRIS PEfERS co n PHOTO-LITHCL, WASHINGTON, L). C.

RICHARD PAUL, 0F ENUMGLAW, WASHINGTON.

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Specification of Letters rarest. v

' Patented Sept.15, 1914.

Application filed September 3, 1913. Serial No. 787,866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD PAUL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Enumclaw, county of King, State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefu Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and has for its principal object to provide a cheap and inexpensive toy vehicle, which requires no more power to operate it than that of a small child, with the object that a plurality of cylinders, or the like having vertical axes, may be caused to rotate when the vehicle is drawn along, an important feature being the simple and effective means for mounting said cylinders and for adjusting the friction between them and the wheels of the vehicle.

The invention will be fully explained in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the wire frame upon which the cylinders are mounted, and showing the adjusting means. Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view of the axle and one of the wires.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 1 designates an axle to which is rigidly secured the tongue 2, which may have the cross bar or handle 3. The said axle is reduced as indicated in dotted lines at 4 in Fig. 2, to form spindles upon which the wheels 5 revolve, and which are kept in place by means of the washers 6, which are held against longitudinal movement with respect to the said spindles by means of the heads 7 of suitable screws which enter the said spindles, as will be understood. In the axle 1 are suitable apertures as indicated at 6 into which the respective ends of the wire 8 are thrust, the said wire being bent into the form as plainly shown in Fig. 3. Upon the vertical portions of the said wire are loosely mounted the open drums 9, which may be suitably striped or painted in any fanciful design. Secured to the center of the horizontal portion of the wire 8 is one end of a straight wire 10 which is formed into an eye 11. The opposite end of the said wire is bent downwardly as indicated at 12, and is thrust through a suitable opening in the tongue 2.

From. the foregoing it is clear that as the wheels 5 revolve rotation will be imparted to both the drums 9 by reason of their frictional contact with the said wheels. The entire device is of course light and it will be appreciated that no more friction between the said drums and wheels than is absolutely necessary should exist, and I pro vide an exceedingly simple and efiectiv'e means for this purpose, as will be now ex plained. If it be found that when the vehicle is drawn along the drums do not re volve because of too little friction between the drums and the wheels, all that is necessary is to slightly bend the straight wire 10 downwardly at about its midsection, it being understood that the vertical portions of the wire 8 enter the apertures in the axle loosely, and that the bent portion 12 of the said wire enters its corresponding aperture in the tongue 2 rather tightly, the effect of which is that, as the wire 10 is bent as indicated,- the loops 13 are yieldingly held against the tops of the drums 9 which yieldingly forces the said drums against the peripheries of the) said wheels in proportion as the, wire 10 1s ent.

Many minor changes in the details of the I and scope of the invention and I do not therefore desire to be'limited to those exact details except as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In an article of the class described, the combination of an apertured axle and its wheels, of a wire parallel to the axle and bent at right angles at each of its ends, and loosely entering the apertures in the axle, drums rotatably mounted upon the bent ends of the said wire and between the axle and the horizontal portion of the said wire, a tongue rigid with the said axle, a straight wire having one of its ends rigidly connected to the said tongue and its opposite end connected to the horizontal portion of the first mentioned wire, whereby frictional contact between the said drums and wheels is adjustably secured.

2. In an article of the class described, the combination of the axle and its wheels, of a tongue rigid with the said axle, a wire frame Work loosely mounted upon the said and yieldingly forced into frictional contact with the peripheries of the said Wheels.

' RICHARD PAUL.

axle, and having Vertical portions which form spindles, drums rotatably mounted upon the said spindles, resilient means upon the Witnesses:

said tongue and connected to the said frame FRED P. GORIN, Work whereby the said drums are adjustably P. D. SMALLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,'

' Washington, D. C. 

